FIRST, BREAKING NEWS, ONE OF THE NATION'S BUSIEST AIRPORTS CRIPPLED, CAUSING A DOMINOE EFFECT HERE IN MILWAUKEE. IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF SMOKE IN A RADAR FACILITY NEAR CHICAGO. HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS WERE CANCELLED AS A RESULT OTHERS WERE DIVERTED TO MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL. FORCING PASSENGERS TO COME UP WITH NEW PLANS ON LAY-OVERS AND NEW WAYS TO GET HOME. 12 NEWS REPORTER NICK BOHR IS LIVE AT THE AIRPORT WHERE CLOSE TO 20 FLIGHTS WERE FORCED TO LAND. THERE ARE STILL SOME LINGERING DELAYS HERE FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TO CHICAGO ON THEIR REGULARLY SCHEDULED FLIGHTS. BUT, NOTHING LIKE THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STALLED... OR STUCK HERE JUST AFTER NOON. NATS WE WILL TRY TO RE-BOOK YOU TO THE CLOSEST... PASSENGERS LINED-UP OUTSIDE THE MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS DOORS... AWAITING BUSSES TO O'HARE... A TRIP NO ONE PLANNED. I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO. SALOOMEH SAHAMI WAS TRYING TO GET HOME TO AMSTERDAM FROM SALT LAKE... BUT HER PLANE WAS ONE OF MANY FORCED TO LAND IN MILWAUKEE WHEN FLIGHTS AT O'HARE WERE GROUNDED. WE FOUND HER TRYING TO CATCH A BUS TO CHICAGO ... WHERE SHE FEARED SHE'D ALREADY MISSED HER CONNECTION. MILWAUKEE, HAH, NO, DEFINITELY NOT. I WAS HOPING TO BE HOME IN A FEW HOURS AND I GUESS IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TIME. WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FLY THERE, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. MICHAEL HEIDEN HAD TO DE-PLANE... RATHER THAN WAIT ON BOARD A PLANE LIKE SOME PASSENGERS... WHO EVENTUALLY WERE ALLOWED TO FLY TO CHICAGO. THEY SAID THE BUSSES THEY PROVIDED ARE ON THEIR WAY BUT AH, THIS ONE, IF YOU WANT TO GET THERE FAST, I GUESS, BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. BUT I'D RATHER NOT PAY FOR SOMETHING FOR I SHOULD ALREADY BE THERE. AND GOT A DOUBLE WHAMMY... TRYING TO GET HOME TO KUWAIT... STRANDED LAST NIGHT BY WEATHER... AND NOW... THIS AIR TRAFFIC DELAY. WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE HOTEL, WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE TAXI, AND NOW WE ARE PAYING FOR THE COACH GOING TO O'HARE. . SADLY, WE'VE LEARNED AN ELDERLY MAN ON A DIVERTED SOUTHWEST FLIGHT DIED AS HE EXITED A DIVERTED SOUTHWEST FLIGHT. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE IS CALLING IT A NON- SUSPICIOUS DEATH. THERE'S NO INFORMATION YET ON WHERE HE'S FROM. DIVERTED SOUTHWEST FLIGHT. THE MEDA AMINER'S OFFICE IS CALNG IAON SUSPICIOUS DEATH. THERE'S NO FORMATNET ON WHERHE'S FROM. FOR THE CAUSE OF L OF THIS... SMOKG BATHROOM HAUST FAN AAF- A FACILITY... IS GETTING THE AME... FOR EVAATING THAT CILY.

Gen. David Petraeus pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday to end a probe into whether he provided classified information to his mistress when he was CIA director, according to a U.S. official briefed on the matter.